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The Caldicott Committee's Report on the Review of Patient-Identifiable Information, usually referred to as the Caldicott Report, was a review commissioned in 1997 by the Chief Medical Officer of England due to increasing worries concerning the use of patient information in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales and the need to avoid the undermining of confidentiality because of ...
This is based in law, in the NHS Constitution, and in key NHS rules and procedures. It is also outlined in every NHS employee's contract of employment and in professional standards set by regulatory bodies. [11] The National AIDS Trust's Confidentiality in the NHS: Your Information, Your Rights [12] outlines these rights. All registered ...
Some areas of NIGB functions (d) and (e) above had been delegated to the NIGB's Ethics and Confidentiality Committee (ECC). These functions primarily related to applications to use identifiable patient information without consent, in specific circumstances within the bounds of section 251 of the NHS Act 2006.
It is now a requirement for every NHS organisation to have a Caldicott guardian. The guardians are responsible for ensuring that their organisation adheres to the Caldicott principles. [2] In 2005, the UK Caldicott Guardian Council [3] was established as the national body for Caldicott guardians.
The National Data Guardian provides guidance to the UK Government and the health and adult social care system on data confidentiality, security and patient data choice. Its role is to advise and challenge the health and social care system to help ensure that citizens’ confidential information is safeguarded securely and used properly to ...
The right to a second opinion follows the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills from sepsis in 2021.
Classified information in the United Kingdom is a system used to protect information from intentional or inadvertent release to unauthorised readers. The system is organised by the Cabinet Office and is implemented throughout central and local government and critical national infrastructure.
Neglect by NHS staff contributed to 13-year-old’s sepsis death, coroner rules. Sophie Robinson, PA. October 11, 2024 at 1:07 PM.